002: Your Make with Notion Invite Enclosed

Happy Thursday!

It’s that time of the year again—when you realize the American school calendar has convinced us that August is the end of summer, when in fact, we still have 30+ days of the sunshine season left. For our friends outside of the US, we hope you’re not as seasonally challenged as we are!

Over the last month, our team has been at work planning our first-ever in-person conference: Make with Notion. Scroll down to find out how you can join us on October 24 in San Francisco—we would love to meet some of you there!

In addition to your personal invitation, today’s issue includes an update on how our back to school campaign is going and product updates that we think you need to know.

On a personal note, Lexie is gearing up for a trip to Scotland where she will be living out her Outlander dreams (recommendations welcome!) and Danielle is heading to Switzerland next month with our friends at Creator Camp. We hope you all are able to squeeze a couple more fun memories out of the summer before fall rolls in!

See you next month!
—Danielle & Lexie

You’re Invited: Make with Notion

Make with Notion will bring together creators, community members and users for an inspiring day full of new product releases, conversations about craft and hands-on building sessions. Join us October 24th at Pier 27th in San Francisco. We have an awesome lineup of speakers, but we are particularly excited to see Koi Academy speak—one of our long-term creator partners. Full agenda and speakers dropping soon, but see the current line up at makewithnotion.com!

We are offering 75% off tickets to Make with Notion to select newsletter subscribers—apply to join us at the link here!

We’re So Back (to School)

Does anyone else mark the start of back to school season when #bamarush starts trending? Or, when “let’s pack lunch for my kids” soundbites start filling your feeds? Well, we are in the thick of university-geared partnerships and are loving all of the creative and beautiful ways students are utilizing Notion.

We’re rolling out a fun series on social, featuring content creators’ favorite ways to use Notion for school. Check out our first video, featuring Kin Yang (follow him if you don’t already!)

Whether you’re a student or know someone starting classes soon, check out our favorite university dashboard templates.

Visualize Anything → /Charts

You can now turn any database into a chart with a simple click of a button. Some of the best things we’ve turned into a chart recently include:

• Different book genres we’ve read this year

• How many times we actually worked out this month

• The number of times we’ve seen “demure” in the office Slack channel (kidding)

Notion Now Available in Chinese!

Traditional and Simplified Chinese are now available in your workspace! Head over to ‘Settings’ to change your language preferences.

Coming Soon 🤫 Forms!

Looking for an easy solution to collect RSVPs for your birthday party or decide on dates for your next group vacation? One of our most requested features, Forms, is swooping in (soon) to save the day. Join the waitlist for beta access here—we’ll start adding workspaces in the next couple weeks!